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penally
adverb
formaluk /ˈpiː.nəl.i/ us /ˈpiː.nəl.i/
in a way that involves punishment given by law:
He could not be penally forced to fulfil his task.
The employee was fired and penally condemned.
He cannot be made penally responsible for simple errors of judgment.
The lawyer was disciplined and penally condemned for using defamatory speech towards an expert.
Imprisonment has historically functioned in three ways: custodially to hold prisoners awaiting trial, coercively, for example, to secure repayment of a debt, and penally as a punishment.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Punishing & punishments
ankle bracelet
ankle tag
attach
ball and chain
bar
be brought/called to accountidiom
discipline
endorsement
fixed penalty
flay
flay someone aliveidiom
get what's coming to youidiom
gross misconduct
penalty
sentence
skin someone aliveidiom
slam dunk
sort
sort something out
spare the rod and spoil the childidiom
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